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9 Best Creative Writing Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best Creative Writing books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best creative writing books" into our search engine and study the top 5 pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2023)

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    Feel Free

    Essays

    Zadie Smith

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    On Poetry

    Jonathan Davidson

  7. 8

    Linguistics

    Why It Matters

    Geoffrey K. Pullum

FAQ

  • How was this Creative Writing books list created?

    We searched for "best Creative Writing books", found the top 5 articles, took every book mentioned in 2+ articles, and averaged their rankings.

  • How many Creative Writing books are in this list?

    There are 9 books in this list.

  • Why did you create this Creative Writing books list?

    We wanted to gather the most accurate list of Creative Writing books on the internet.

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